Differential Risks to Males and Females for Congenital Malformations among 2.5 Million California Births, 1989-1997

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 953-958

  Shaw, Gary M ^a   Carmichael, Suzan L ^a   Kaidarova, Zhanna ^a   Harris, John A ^a  

^a California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Sex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CODING; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARITY; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

ABNORMALITIES; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0346992342     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.10129     Document Type: Article

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